Japan vs Sweden: Broad money growth
Broad money growth over time
- Japan
- Sweden
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.6% against 0.3% in Sweden, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Japan's figure about 2.0 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 158th and Sweden ranks 160th of 166 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.1% | 8.6% | 13.5% | Japan |
| 1970s | 22.1% | 11.3% | 10.9% | Japan |
| 1980s | 9.5% | 9.1% | 0.4% | Japan |
| 1990s | 4.4% | 3.4% | 1.0% | Japan |
| 2000s | -1.1% | 9.4% | 10.4% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 2.8% | 5.8% | 3.0% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 3.0% | 6.1% | 3.1% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher broad money growth, Japan or Sweden?
- Japan, at 0.6% against 0.3% in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in broad money growth between Japan and Sweden?
- 0.3%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for broad money growth?
- Japan ranks 158th and Sweden ranks 160th of 166 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Broad money growth (annual %). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.